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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Noah do what he does in Part IV that is so shocking to the community?
(a) He wants to be taken to the same institution as Opal is in.
(b) He wants Zorrie to marry him.
(c) He wants to be arrested.
(d) He wants to be killed.
2. What does Zorrie suddenly realize Noah thinks about her having visited Opal?
(a) He seems to have no opinion about it.
(b) He does not seem happy about it.
(c) He seems very angry about it.
(d) He seems very pleased about it.
3. What does Marie's revelation about the Radium make Zorrie think about her own past?
(a) She feels that the Radium had no effect on her life whatsoever.
(b) She feels that the Radium might have actually caused Harold's death.
(c) She feels that the Radium probably made her stronger.
(d) She feels guilty that ingesting the powder during pregnancy might have killed her baby.
4. Why was Opal's family happy she started living with Noah?
(a) They wanted Opal to work on a farm.
(b) They loved Noah.
(c) They wanted Opal to become a veterinarian.
(d) They were happy to have her off their own hands.
5. Where does Opal say she would like to be buried?
(a) The sea.
(b) A wooden pyre.
(c) The churchyard cemetery.
(d) A dirt mound.
6. Where does Zorrie travel with her blueberries and other gifts in Part III?
(a) Logansport State Hospital.
(b) Her aunt's house.
(c) Jennifer's house.
(d) The maternity ward at the local clinic.
7. Who is Lester's wife?
(a) Maria.
(b) Joan.
(c) Emma.
(d) Jane.
8. What does Lester do with some of the profits from the great harvest?
(a) Buys a small farm near Boyleston.
(b) Buys a horse.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Buys a new house.
9. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?
(a) Water.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Juice.
(d) Listerine.
10. What is Zorrie struck by when she meets Opal?
(a) Opal's beautiful clothes.
(b) Opal's gray hair.
(c) Opal's startling blue eyes.
(d) Opal's missing teeth.
11. What does Zorrie tell Noah right after Virgil dies?
(a) Ruby could use some company and support.
(b) Oats needs Noah.
(c) Opal needs Noah.
(d) She needs Noah's help.
12. What does Zorrie ask Noah not to do when he talks to her in Part IV?
(a) Talk badly about Opal.
(b) Tell her he loves her again.
(c) Look at her in anger.
(d) Curse so much.
13. What does Opal tell Zorrie they used to let her do at the hospital?
(a) Bake.
(b) Milk cows in the dairy.
(c) Sing.
(d) Paint.
14. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?
(a) They become aggressive.
(b) Swine virus.
(c) They are too expensive.
(d) She needs them for food in the famine.
15. What kind of music does Zorrie say she wants to buy?
(a) Russian.
(b) Modern music.
(c) Religious.
(d) Classical.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Noah say when Zorrie asks him if he would consider going to church?
2. Where is one of the fire trucks from in Part IV?
3. What does Zorrie's would-be suitor say when he eventually gives up trying to win her over?
4. What does Zorrie tell Opal that Harold used to say she was as smart as?
5. What does Zorrie tell Opal is about the only thing Noah likes?
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